"An unthinkable crime. A fatal conspiracy. A suspect without a trace.The heir to one of the Empire's most powerful families sits in jail, accused of murder. His hands are covered in his victim's blood, and he can neither deny his guilt nor explain his actions. If the great detective Ana Dolabra - along with her … Continue reading #BookReview: A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett #ATradeOfBlood #GuestReview #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"She knows every killer twist.But she won't see this one coming... Bestselling crime author Marian Lane is surrounded by adoring readers when she learns that her husband Dane is dead. Marian returns home in shock to discover a stranger on her doorstep. A woman who not only claims she's Marian's biggest fan but says that … Continue reading #BookReview: The Woman Who Wasn’t There by William Hussey @zaffrebooks.bsky.social @cobaltdinosaur #TheWomanWhoWasntThere #GuestReview #BookTwitter #BookSky #damppebbles
"When the Church of the Invincible Sun is looking for someone to do its dirty work, they call on Sister Svangerd and her priest. Stealing a book might sound like a relatively simple task, but this isn't any old book.To get their hands on it, they must impersonate a legendary figure, create the world's most … Continue reading #BookReview: Sister Svangerd and the Devil You Know by K.J. Parker @orbitbooks.bsky.social @cobaltdinosaur #SisterSvangerdandtheDevilYouKnow #GuestReview #BookTwitter #BookSky #damppebbles
"All New Sonoran colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to do is run the family ranch and keep their aging fleet of intelligent agriculture bots ticking. But now the colossal Apex Corporation has been hired to commence an “eviction action” – exterminate all life on New Sonora in preparation for a reboot. And they charge bored … Continue reading #BookReview: Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman @michaeljbooks.bsky.social @cobaltdinosaur #GuestReview #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . . For most people, that means a time of celebration, relaxation and inebriation, but not for the staff of The Stranger Times. While a book club meeting ending in a triple murder isn’t unprecedented, it is at least noteworthy. It quickly emerges that this is … Continue reading #BookReview: Ring the Bells by C.K. McDonnell @transworldbooks.bsky.social @cobaltdinosaur @cobaltaxolotl.bsky.social #RingtheBells #GuestReview #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
"Some comebacks can be murder . . . Stella is enjoying life as an almost student, or at least she is until a man falls from the sky right in front of her, leaving a big old hole in the pavement for Manchester Council to fill. The obvious question of how he ended up in … Continue reading #BookReview: Relight My Fire by C.K. McDonnell @cobaltdinosaur @TransworldBooks #RelightMyFire #GuestReview #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #damppebbles
"Love can be a truly terrible thing. Marriages are tricky at the best of times, especially when one of you is dead. Vincent Banecroft, the irascible editor of The Stranger Times, has never believed his wife died despite emphatic evidence to the contrary. Now, against all odds, it seems he may actually be proved right; but … Continue reading #BookReview: Love Will Tear Us Apart by C.K. McDonnell @TransworldBooks @cobaltdinosaur #LoveWillTearUsApart #GuestReview #BookTwitter #damppebbles
"Vampires do not exist. Everyone knows this. So it's particularly annoying when they start popping up around Manchester . . . Nobody is pleased about it. Not the Founders, the secret organisation for whom vampires were invented as an allegory, nor the Folk, the magical people hidden in plain sight who only want a quiet … Continue reading #BookReview: This Charming Man by C.K. McDonnell @TransworldBooks @cobaltdinosaur #ThisCharmingMan #GuestReview #damppebbles
"Existence is about survival. A continually bullied runt of a youngster, Chas Larkin discovers his chutzpah and decides to take on the London gangs. In the sleazy and violent East End of 1966 London, he is unwittingly assisted by Scotland Yard and MI5, who use the boy to delay an IRA campaign in the city. … Continue reading #GuestReview: Black Rose (Larkin’s Barkin #1) by Pete Adams @Peteadams8 @NextChapterPB @cobaltdinosaur #BlackRose #damppebbles
"The greatest scientific invention of modern times… Capable of curing humanity… But more adept at controlling it… Sydney scientist, Marcus Hall, is developing a radical 5G Wi-Fi receiver for CSIRO. With access to secretive Lamarr computer chips - this technology promises billions to repair Australia's ravaged economy. On a caffeine boosted whim, he inadvertently discovers … Continue reading #BlogTour | #GuestReview: Yearn To Fear by Chas Murrell (@MurrellChas) @cobaltdinosaur #YearnToFear #damppebbles
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